# monde
## English
### Etymology

From French monde. Doublet of mondo.

### Noun

monde (plural mondes)
* A ball-like object, located near the top of a crown, symbolizing the globe.
** 1754, Alexander Drummond, Travels through different cities of Germany, Italy, Greece and several parts of Asia as far as the banks of the Euphrates:Jesus Christ is represented as a lad about twelve years old, in a tunic and robe of brocade, with a full, fair wig, a gold crown much larger than the head, and a monde in his hand.

### See also

* globus cruciger
* beau monde
* demi-monde
* haut monde

### References

* “monde”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* Demon, Emond, demon, moned

## Afrikaans
### Noun

monde
* plural of mond

## Bourguignon
### Etymology

From Latin mundus.

### Noun

monde m (plural mondes)
* world

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɔ̃d/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Old French monde (12th c.), semi-learned form of mont (10th c.), itself inherited from Latin mundus. The alteration was likely driven by the desire to distinguish from unrelated mont (“mountain”).

#### Noun

monde m (plural mondes)
* world
    C’est la plus belle fille du monde.She is the most beautiful girl in the world.
* people
    Le monde m’agace quelquefois.People annoy me sometimes.
    La salle était noire de monde.The room was full of people.

##### Related terms

* au monde
* avoir du monde au balcon
* bas monde
* champion du monde
* coupe du monde
* c’est le monde à l’envers
* dans son monde
* faire tourner le monde
* femme du monde
* fin du monde
* grand monde
* homme du monde
* il faut de tout pour faire un monde
* la perfection n’est pas de ce monde
* le monde est petit
* mettre au monde
* monde de l’autre côté
* monde entier
* mondial
* noir de monde
* Nouveau Monde
* pas le moins du monde
* petit monde
* refaire le monde
* se prendre pour le nombril du monde
* tiers-monde
* tout le monde
* tout l’or du monde
* trou du cul du monde
* venir au monde
* vieux comme le monde
* vision du monde

##### Descendants

* Saint Dominican Creole French: monde
** Haitian Creole: moun
* → English: monde

#### Interjection

monde
* (Louisiana) good heavens

### Etymology 2

From Latin mundus (“pure; clean”).

#### Adjective

monde (plural mondes)
* (archaic) pure; clean
    Antonym: immonde

### Further reading

* “monde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* démon

## Guaraní
### Verb

monde
* to dress

#### Conjugation
## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French monde (“world”).

### Verb

monde
* (Saint-Domingue) a person
    Hinder nion monde dans bisoin. ― To help a person in need.

#### Descendants

* Haitian Creole: moun

### References

* S.J Ducoeurjoly, Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un précis de l'histoire de cette île

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmon.de/
* Rhymes: -onde
* Hyphenation: món‧de

### Adjective

monde f pl
* feminine plural of mondo

### Noun

monde f pl
* plural of monda

### Anagrams

* mendo

## Middle French
### Etymology 1

Old French < Latin mundus (“world”).

#### Noun

monde m (plural mondes)
* the world

##### Descendants

* French: monde
** Saint Dominican Creole French: monde
*** Haitian Creole: moun
** → English: monde
* Norman: maonde

### Etymology 2

Old French < Latin mundus.

#### Adjective

monde m or f (plural mondes)
* clean; pure

##### Descendants

* French: monde

## Old French
### Etymology 1

From Latin mundus.

#### Alternative forms

* mont
* mund

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmun.də/

#### Noun

monde oblique singular, m (oblique plural mondes, nominative singular mondes, nominative plural monde)
* the world

##### Descendants

* Middle French: monde
** French: monde
*** Saint Dominican Creole French: monde
**** Haitian Creole: moun
*** → English: monde
** Norman: maonde
* Walloon: monde

### Etymology 2

Latin mundus.

#### Adjective

monde m (oblique and nominative feminine singular monde)
* clean; pure

##### Descendants

* Middle French: monde
** French: monde

## Portuguese
### Verb

monde
* inflection of mondar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Verb

monde
* inflection of mondar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Walloon
### Etymology

From Latin mundus (“world”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɔ̃t/

### Noun

monde m (plural mondes)
* world